Dr. Craig Melbourne, MD

  • Gulf Breeze, FL
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1326499674PAC ID9931470382
Medicare services, 2024
1,393
Medicare patients, 2024
263
Part D claims, 2024
366
Publications
4
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
1040 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
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Primary practice

Andrews Institute Asc - HOPD

Acute Care Hospital outpatient department · Gulf Breeze, Florida

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Dr. Craig Melbourne is an orthopedic surgeon in Gulf Breeze, Florida

Dr. Melbourne practices at Andrews Institute Asc - HOPD in Gulf Breeze, Florida.

Dr. Melbourne's NPI, 1326499674, was assigned on June 28, 2016. Dr. Melbourne graduated from Meharry Medical College School of Medicine in 2016. Dr. Melbourne holds Florida license ME148791.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9931470382
NPI enumeration date
June 28, 2016
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
36
Medical school graduation
2016

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Craig Melbourne practices at Andrews Institute Asc - HOPD in Gulf Breeze, Florida

Dr. Melbourne's primary practice is Andrews Institute Asc - HOPD, at 1040 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561.

  • Andrews Institute Asc - HOPD
    1040 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561

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Dr. Craig Melbourne is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 5 medical groups

Dr. Melbourne's primary practice is Andrews Institute Asc - HOPD in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Dr. Melbourne is also affiliated with AdventHealth Ocala. The medical group on file is Ortho Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Melbourne to 2 more hospitals, 4 medical groups, 3 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Craig Melbourne's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Melbourne practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Andrews Institute Asc - HOPDAvailable with a free account
+9 more sites and 4 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Craig Melbourne is one of 1,248 orthopedic surgeons in Florida

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Melbourne's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Melbourne's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Missouri.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, FloridaPrimaryLicense ME148791 · 2021 to 2027 · taxonomy 207X00000X
  • Missouri licenseLicense 2016022477 · 2016 to 2021

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists ankle or foot injury, arthritis, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, enthesopathy in arms, hip replacement, joint pain and knee fracture and dislocation among the conditions Dr. Melbourne treats.

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Melbourne

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Dr. Craig Melbourne billed Medicare for 1,393 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,393 Medicare services from Dr. Melbourne across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 263 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $58,605 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,393
Medicare patients263
Paid by Medicare$58,605
Procedure codes13

Dr. Melbourne's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 6722024: 75412%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3522024: 3849%
Surgery
2023: 1212024: 1329%
Imaging
2023: 1492024: 12317%

Where Dr. Melbourne's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1,33396%
  • In a facility604%

Dr. Melbourne compared with the Florida median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Melbourne
  • Florida median
Medicare services
1,393vs 1,345Close to median
Medicare patients
263vs 2909% below
Part D claims
301vs 17671% above

Medians across 1,164 orthopedic surgeons in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Melbourne's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Craig Melbourne treated 263 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 263 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Melbourne in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 122 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.59, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Melbourne's median patient age at 70, with 63% women.

Medicare patients, 2024263
Average age75
Average risk score1.59
Also on Medicaid6%

Dr. Melbourne's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Melbourne's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women16362%
  • Men10038%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Melbourne's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Ischemic heart disease46%
  5. Mood disorders36%
  6. Anxiety34%
  7. Chronic kidney disease33%
  8. Diabetes33%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Melbourne's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women63%
  • Men37%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Craig Melbourne wrote 366 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Melbourne wrote 366 Medicare Part D claims for 135 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 301 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,516 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 182 claims across 4 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024366
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$1,516
Part D patients135

Dr. Melbourne's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic362 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other4 claims1%

Dr. Melbourne's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Melbourne's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids29%107 of 366 claims
  • Antibiotics5%19 of 366 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1822024: 30165%

Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 4 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

How Dr. Craig Melbourne takes part in Medicare

Dr. Melbourne accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Knee replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Craig Melbourne has 4 publications on record

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Melbourne, published from 2017 to 2023. 2023 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Arthroplasty, Replacement, Shoulder, Range of Motion, Articular and Scapula. Dr. Melbourne has published most often in J Shoulder Elbow Surg. Dr. Melbourne's most frequent co-authors are Mark A. Frankle, MD, Frank Roman Avilucea, MD and Norele Jean Cutrera, MD.

Papers4
Years published2017 to 2023

Dr. Melbourne's papers by year, 2017 to 2023

Topics Dr. Melbourne writes about most

  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Shoulder
  • Range of Motion, Articular
  • Scapula
  • Shoulder Joint

Dr. Melbourne's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Melbourne

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Dr. Craig Melbourne received $21,104 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 159 general payments to Dr. Melbourne from 27 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 36% of the total. CGG Medical Inc paid the most, $3,811. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $759 in 2019.

General payments to Dr. Melbourne by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Melbourne by kind, 2016 to 2025

$21.1Kin total
  • Education$7,59536%
  • Food and beverage$7,47335%
  • Travel and lodging$4,16020%
  • Honoraria$1,5007%
  • Other$3762%

Companies that paid Dr. Melbourne the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Craig Melbourne graduated from Meharry Medical College School of Medicine

Dr. Melbourne graduated from Meharry Medical College School of Medicine in 2016.

  1. Medical schoolMeharry Medical College School of Medicine

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Dr. Craig Melbourne accepts plans from 19 insurance carriers

Dr. Melbourne is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Melbourne accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO13
  2. HMO10
  3. Medicare10
  4. EPO5
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Craig Melbourne's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Craig Melbourne's NPI number?

Dr. Craig Melbourne's NPI number is 1326499674. It was assigned on June 28, 2016, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Craig Melbourne?

Dr. Craig Melbourne is an orthopedic surgeon in Gulf Breeze, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Craig Melbourne practice?

Dr. Melbourne practices at 1040 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561. Dr. Melbourne's primary practice is Andrews Institute Asc - HOPD in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Melbourne to 2 hospitals, 4 medical groups, 3 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 1 ambulatory surgery center.

What is Dr. Craig Melbourne's medical license number?

Dr. Melbourne holds Florida license ME148791, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Craig Melbourne been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Melbourne in Florida (2021 to 2027) and Missouri (2016 to 2021).

Which hospitals is Dr. Craig Melbourne affiliated with?

Dr. Melbourne is affiliated with AdventHealth Ocala. Dmand AI links Dr. Melbourne to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Craig Melbourne part of?

Dr. Melbourne is linked to Ortho Florida. Dmand AI links Dr. Melbourne to 4 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Craig Melbourne accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Melbourne billed Medicare for 1,393 services in 2024, and Dr. Melbourne accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Craig Melbourne see?

CMS counts 263 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Melbourne in 2024, with an average age of 75.

What services does Dr. Craig Melbourne bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Melbourne's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3301), injected or infused drug (J1885) and surgery: bones and joints (20610).

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Where did Dr. Craig Melbourne go to medical school?

Dr. Melbourne graduated from Meharry Medical College School of Medicine in 2016.

What drugs does Dr. Craig Melbourne prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Melbourne's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Gabapentin.

Has Dr. Craig Melbourne received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $21,104 in general payments to Dr. Melbourne from 27 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from CGG Medical Inc.

How long has Dr. Craig Melbourne been practicing?

Dr. Melbourne graduated from medical school in 2016, 10 years ago.

Does Dr. Craig Melbourne do research?

Dmand AI links 4 publications to Dr. Melbourne, published from 2017 to 2023.

Who does Dr. Craig Melbourne publish with?

Dr. Melbourne's most frequent co-authors are Mark A. Frankle, MD (2 shared papers), Frank Roman Avilucea, MD (1 shared paper) and Norele Jean Cutrera, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Craig Melbourne accept?

Dr. Melbourne is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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